Strateegery
I've discovered a mode of battle that - so far - seems to be working. Whenever I feel like I've hit a block in my main manuscript (the novel that I aim to finish this year), I've decided that rather than just not writing at all, I should write something else. I churned out a 6 page short story this week, and now getting to work on this blog post, which I feel I've a right to count in my week's writing quota, if I so choose.
It remains to be seen whether this strategy will prove successful or merely just another distraction, but every article I've read on short stories and short articles recently has encouraged this kind of byproduct writing. It's crazy how much I've learned about the craft over my lifetime. Since the age of 7, I wanted to be a "bestselling author" (even though, at the time, I don't think I even knew what the term really, REALLY meant). The knowledge, criticism, and encouragement I have scraped up for myself over the years is really quite impressive.
There has never been a time where I wasn't writing, or learning about writing. In elementary school essays, journal entries, exam writing, response papers, fiction writing, poetry, magazines, books, creative writing classes, news classes, television writing classes, feature writing...
Sorry, rambling.
The point is, I've lost and learned. Yeah, I still break the rules (frequently - and especially here), but my written voice has developed much like a prepubescent boy's. And my fear is that in my lazyness of being a graduate, I may, for the first time, not take the precious minutes of the day to...no, wait, I won't even say it. Not writing is NOT an option. It never has been and never will be. Thus my plan of battle. And if this doesn't work *gulp*...*inhale*...I shall revise the plan! Again and again if I have to.
Thank you, my writing friends. All of you, known and unknown, who inspire me day to day to chase my dream.
It remains to be seen whether this strategy will prove successful or merely just another distraction, but every article I've read on short stories and short articles recently has encouraged this kind of byproduct writing. It's crazy how much I've learned about the craft over my lifetime. Since the age of 7, I wanted to be a "bestselling author" (even though, at the time, I don't think I even knew what the term really, REALLY meant). The knowledge, criticism, and encouragement I have scraped up for myself over the years is really quite impressive.
There has never been a time where I wasn't writing, or learning about writing. In elementary school essays, journal entries, exam writing, response papers, fiction writing, poetry, magazines, books, creative writing classes, news classes, television writing classes, feature writing...
Sorry, rambling.
The point is, I've lost and learned. Yeah, I still break the rules (frequently - and especially here), but my written voice has developed much like a prepubescent boy's. And my fear is that in my lazyness of being a graduate, I may, for the first time, not take the precious minutes of the day to...no, wait, I won't even say it. Not writing is NOT an option. It never has been and never will be. Thus my plan of battle. And if this doesn't work *gulp*...*inhale*...I shall revise the plan! Again and again if I have to.
Thank you, my writing friends. All of you, known and unknown, who inspire me day to day to chase my dream.
Comments